James Hall

I’ll be back in the mix w/ at 🏰⛓️🔊

I’ve been getting a ton of hits for this, a few more spots left open. Excited to see my tattoo and metal friends!

Hit me up, let’s rage 🤘

EDEN mirrored more of my life than I expected.

As I was building this show around the idea of returning to a garden, I was also navigating a pull of shadow from some of the more difficult seasons of life I’ve had in a long time.

Six years ago, almost to the day, I stepped outside into uncertainty and believed in myself creating AURA IV.

People questioned it, said I was “too ambitious”, or even attacked me. I am dealing with some of these same things right now even as I type…

The “threatening” social hierarchy of tattoo culture, and Nova is DEMANDING we wrestle…

There have been moments of being taken advantage of, overlooked, and left behind while on the outside everything looked like it was thriving. A lot of this is my fault as I’m guilty of radiating energy, but internalizing the struggle for my own perceptions of “greater good”.

The disconnect will test you.

And somewhere in that time, the challenges found cracks; moments where I lost the feeling that started it all.

In the final stretch leading into the show, I felt like everything might unravel; this concept was big and hard to grasp. Energy shifting in ways that didn’t align, and It felt like the concept was testing me in real time; both eternally and internally…..but that was exactly the point that led to this idea of EDEN, in a painting I did one year ago exactly sharing the same title.

Growth and decay exist together.

Light and dark share the same space.

EDEN wasn’t about perfection, it was about returning to something real. Stripping everything back to what matters and CHOOSING to believe again.

To everyone who showed up, supported, or simply believes in what we’re building, thank you.

This one meant so much 🫶🎨✨

“Awakening: To Perceive”
16x20 Oil on Canvas


✨EDEN ✨

Our next big group exhibition is a nature-inspired exhibition featuring nationally recognized and awarded artists across multiple mediums; and a psychological return a journey back to a garden of creative consciousness.

Please come visit, bring friends, and join us for an evening of creative community 🌱

✨An Evening In Eden✨
This year we are launching our private reception, for collectors who want a formal and more intimate experience with AURA, and first chance at available work.

April 25th 2026
Doors @ 7pm
Open to the Public - Everyone Welcome

📍 AURA IV Tattoo Gallery
6406 N IH-35 Service Rd
Austin, TX 78752
United States

✨EDEN Merch ✨

Limited drop of EDEN shirts will be available at in White Ash and Vintage Black

“Awakening: To Consume”
16x20 Oil on Canvas


✨An Evening In Eden✨
This year we are launching our private reception, for collectors who want a formal and more intimate experience with AURA, and first chance at available work.

April 24th 2026
Doors / Reception @ 7pm
Eden Themed Magic Show @ 8pm
Closing @ 9pm

Limited Tickets // Themed Drinks + Food included

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-in-eden-tickets-1980652347489?aff=oddtdtcreator

Texas inspired leg project. This wraps a bit, and we’ve got a lot of movement and integration happening… but a lot of this is healed with this skull being consumed by the living world around it 🤘🐍💐🦂

Limited EDEN Prints Available by